My response to dVerse Poets Pub Poetics: Folk talk Not long after I moved to Ireland in 1980, when my daughter was born, we lived near the Hill of Tara in County Meath. I always thought she was a changeling! Running up the Hill of Tara Sentinel over the River Boyne, Ancient seat Of the kings […]
Category: Poems
A poem to sum up my feelings in this post.
Take me to Torcello
My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Photo Challenge #109 Take me to Torcello Past the gondolas on the Grand Canal, Across the shimmering lagoon, Sparkling glass of Murano And the colours of Burano To the gentle chirp of crickets And the ruins of Torcello, Where we spent the day one summer Drinking limoncello And soaking […]
Twisted
My response to the dVerse Poets Pub Quadrille 7 – Twist Stomach knots like ivy bound around twisted branches of a gnarled tree. Hands like ropes strangle entangle twisted fingers of despair. Hard teeth like stone gnaw elastic rubber lips twisting meaningless moans. Passion like Eden’s snake screws what was true into paroxysms of […]
Adronitis
My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Wordle #106 He was a horned god Wrapped in goatskin Voice husky From too much whiskey Musky After the hunt And the misery Of following the scent Of his goddess On the wind For weeks Watching Waiting Closing in Building Up To that first Hello And the illicit creation Of […]
Butterfly Love
My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Writing Prompt #155 “Collage 21” In a hammock Strung below a starless sky, They unpicked a fledgling butterfly From its gossamer cocoon And tossed it to the moon. On a lonely bench Among the tallest trees, Pages turning in the breeze, She read him her history, Unravelling her mystery. […]
Lakeside
My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie B&P’s Shadorma and Beyond – Tritina Poem Steep tangle of forest spills Over shoulders of promontories, Falling and rising to the lake. Mirrored in the surface of the lake, Amongst the ripples and the spills, Are stony faces of promontories. Smooth, worn rock of promontories, Rolling down to the […]
Hear the Thunder
My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Music Prompt #38: “I See Fire” by Ed Sheeran Hear the thunder rumble raw umber Across the landscape Thrash metal in the sky Now I hear thunder Brimming the chaos I hear thunder Buckling the trees And I hear thunder Crashing clouds I hear thunder Rolling on the breeze And I […]
January Blues
Another unsuccessful entry, this time in the Interpreter’s House Open House Poetry Competition 2016: With a defiant seagull’s cry Salt-scented memories fly In mid-winter moody sky Drenched with wintry light And seascape hues Of January blues Pinned by a star Like salvaged scraps With the delicacy of old lace Beach-combings of shells and stones Brittle brine-bleached […]
Putting the Sun to Bed
A poem that was unsuccessful in the Prole Laureate Poetry Competition 2016: Last night I watched Frayed threads of day Unravel in dusk, Filling the vast sky With clouds And silhouettes Of trees and birds, Tearing asunder An unseen seam Where day’s glowing coin Slid into the slot of night. A final fanfare of […]
Leaving the Bus Station
My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Tale Weaver #61 – Departure Moments bruise and bleed Down the window In a race To erase Her face Impressed on the dusty glass Like the Turin Shroud The bus engine Sputters into life, a loud Arrhythmic heartbeat And then She is gone Replaced By a forest of faces […]
writing in north norfolk 